'India's Got Latent' Row | YouTuber Ashish Chanchlani Moves High Court Seeking Anticipatory Bail In Guwahati Police FIR

YouTuber Ashish Chanchlani has moved the Gauhati High Court seeking Anticipatory Bail in connection with the FIR lodged against him by the Guwahati Police over the alleged obscene and controversial comments made in an episode of India's Got Latent.The FIR registered on February 12 has invoked Sections – 79 (Word, gesture or act intended to insult the modesty of a woman), 95 (Hiring,...
YouTuber Ashish Chanchlani has moved the Gauhati High Court seeking Anticipatory Bail in connection with the FIR lodged against him by the Guwahati Police over the alleged obscene and controversial comments made in an episode of India's Got Latent.
The FIR registered on February 12 has invoked Sections – 79 (Word, gesture or act intended to insult the modesty of a woman), 95 (Hiring, employing or engaging a child to commit an offence), 294 (Sale, etc., of obscene books, etc.) & 296 (Obscene acts and songs) BNS read with Sec 67 of IT Act, 2000 (punishment for publishing or transmitting obscene material electronically), read with Section 4/7 of Cinematograph Act 1952 read with Section 4/6 of Indecent Representation of Women (Prohibition) Act, 1986.
The FIR, lodged on a complaint by one Alok Boruah, alleges that Chanchlani, Jaspreet Singh, Apoorva Mukhija, Ranveer Allahbadia, Samay Raina and others promoted obscenity and engaged in sexually explicit and vulgar discussion in the show.